Spring-gun



(No Model.)

E. R. LEWIS.

SPRING GUN. No. 862,096. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

EDWARD R. LEWIS," or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,

S P R l N G G U N SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.362,096, dated May 3, 1887'.

Application filed June 14, 1886. Serial No. 205,175. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. LEwIs, a citizen of the United States,residing in Springfield, Hampden county, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Spring Guns or Pistols, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate likeparts.

Figure lis a side View of apislol constructed in accordance with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a top view of one-half the pistol-frame. Fig. 3is a side sectional view showing the operative mechanism; and Figs. 4and 5 are views ofthe projector or hammer with spring and the trigger.V

The object of my invention is to producea simple and cheap device forspring guns or pistols, more especially designed for a toy, and toconstruct a spring gun or pistol which shall be in part automaticallyoperating, or requiring but one motion to strain and release theoperative mechanism.

I prefer to construct the handle or stock and barrel of cast-iron, castin two parts, as shown, each half of which contains ahammergrooveinclined at its rear end, and a groove,

Z, below the barrel for the projecting-spring` and trigger. These two`grooves are separated by the wall w, substantially as shown in thedrawings.

A projector or hammer, f, fits within the barrel-groove e, and is impellcd forward by the action of a spring, h. A trigger-piece, g, moves inthe groove Z, and is adapted to engage the hammerf, as shown.

The operation of the parts is as follows: The parts being in theposition indicated in Fig. 3, the pistol being grasped in the usualmanner, and the linger being inserted in the trigger-ring t, the triggeris drawn backwards, carrying with it the projector, until the head ofthe projector has traveled so far up the incline of the partition w asto freeA it from the triggercatch,when, being left free, it is drawnsuddenly forward by the action of the spring 7L, and the arrow or otherprojectile being within the gun-barrel will be thrown outward with aforce proportioned to the force exerted by the projectinglspring. Thetrigger is then allowed to be moyed forward by the action of atrigger-spring, u, and when in position to again engage the projectorthe end ofthe projector will ride up on the incline upon thetrigger-catch until past its highest point,wheu it will return to itsnormal position and en` gage the latch. The rear of the projector isfree t move upward while in its normal position sufficiently to allowthe trigger-catch to pass beneath, because of a slight'recess, 7c, inthe barrel.

The projector is adapted to operate as a hammer as well as to throw theprojectile outward. An opening, p, in the barrel is made of a sufficientsize to allow of the insertion of a wafer-cap or other kind ofexplosive, a wafer-cap fitting snugly therein being the best. Aprojection, r, forms an abutment to receive the blow, and theexplosive,being between the projection 1 and the projector orhammer,will receive the blow and be exploded. The portion of the hammeror projector, however, which strikes the arrow or pellet projects ashort distance in advance'of the portion which explodes the cap, so thatthe arrow or pellet is thrown outwards an instant before orsimultaneously with the explosion of the cap.

The two castings of the frame are secured together by screws passingthrough the parts n o.

Thetriggerspring is made of rubber, though any other sort of spring maybe substituted.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters l. A frame, c, having a groove, e, located forward ofthe projecting mechanism, and recess Z at the stock-end, adapted toreceive the parts f and p, and part w, broadest at its rear end, incombination with a projector, f, located within the recess above thepart w, and

located within the groove or recess below the part fw, and aprojectingspring, substantially as shown.

2. In a spring gun or pistol, a barrel having a cap-exploding ledgelocated interiorly between the muzzle and stock and having acapopening,p, located adjacent to said ledge, in combination with a hammer, f,trigger, and actuating-springs, substantially as shown.

a trigger, g, adapted to engage therewith and IOO 3. The stock a, madein two parts and havin or upon said guides, the catch being adaptedingawedge-shaped partition or part, w,widest to engage with theprojector when both are at at the rear, in combination with projector f,the forward portion of the guides, and being having latch-head m, andtrigger g, having a released therefrom by the divergence of the I5 5latch to engage the projector, all 'located and guides, causing theseparation of the projector Y j operating substantially as shown. and.trigger when drawn backward, substani 4. A spring gun or pistol havingtwo guides tially as shown.

or grooves whichrare nearer together at their EDWARD R. LEWIS.

forward portions, one for the reception of a Witnesses:

1o projector, f, and one for a trigger and catch, ALLEN WEBSTER,

g,eaeh'of which moves forward and backward SAML. E. BERRETT.

